Age-related stereotypes: A comparison of American and Chinese cultures

Gerontology

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 324-333

  Boduroglu, Aysecan ^a   Yoon, Carolyn ^b   Luo, Ting ^c   Park, Denise C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Culture; East Asian; Stereotype; Western

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CHINA; CHINESE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EMOTION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; MALE; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ASPECT; STEREOTYPY; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ATTITUDE; CHINA; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33748740727     PISSN: 0304324X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000094614     Document Type: Article

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